Tips to Finding Your Confidence

WHERE DID I GET MINE?

I think mine has mostly come with age. I’ve never really fit in (I definitely don’t do now), and especially when you’re a teenager, belonging to a certain group is almost like a foundation to your life. I’ve never been a part of any particular group. I’ve been friends with the “popular” kids as well as the outcast. I’ve been both as well, but only recently I’ve truly been myself. Well. I’m still evolving and I like to experiment with fashion and makeup and look different everyday, but the core of myself is starting to form. I’ve accepted myself. There’s still a while to go, but I’ve accepted that I’m not perfect, and that I just simply can’t be good at everything.

HOW TO FIND YOUR CONFIDENCE

So my tips, from personal experience is acceptance, forgiveness and doing things that make you happy. Accept and admit your flaws, it’s like a weight off your shoulders. Forgive your mistakes, because you’ll always be making them and you can’t stop living your life for each one. Do things you love, because you’re likely good in them or at least getting better, and you’ll notice you don’t focus on the negative stuff when you’re busy enjoying yourself. Stop caring what other people think of you. As long as you’re not hurting anyone or anything, you do you.

Dress the way you want, do your makeup and hair how you want or don’t do them at all if you don’t want to. You’ll never please anyone, and you don’t have to. What really matters, is your relationship to your reflection. Because at the end of the day, that’s what’s really with you until your last breath. You need to be friends with your reflection.